PORTUGAL: A Gambler's Luck Runs Out

Brisk and impatient as always, Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro
arrived at Lisbon airport last week anxious to fly off to Oporto.
There, with national elections scheduled for Sunday, he planned to
deliver a final hortatory salvo to promote his presidential
candidatebut no relationGeneral António Soares Carneiro. With the
Prime Minister, in the twin-engine Cessna C-421, were his longtime
companion, Danish-born Snu Abecassis; Defense Minister Adeline Amaro da
Costa and his wife; Cabinet Chief António Patricio Gouveia and two
pilots. Almost immediately after takeoff, the plane...